"A poet laureate comes to Washington. Yawn." Ms. Fields, why do you hate the US Constitution so much? You are aware that the US Constitution REQUIRES that a poet compose a new poem for the inauguration, right? That this is the law of the land since the late 18th century, right? So, what is your problem with that, and why are you yawning? Are you trying to indicate that Conservatives are such brutes and buffoons that they do not even possess the sensibilities to enjoy the fine arts, including poetry? Is this what you are trying to tell the world. Wow. You must live in a very sad, sad world. I feel sorry for you.

All the Republican controlled congress, after seeing ample evidence that even rank-and-file Republicans are for this, have to do is to pass first a permanant extension of the Bush tax cuts for the 98% of US-Americans earning below $250,000 a year. Pretty easy math here. Can Republicans do math? Look, Larry Elder, it is not the Taxman who is saying "bend over" (which is a pretty disgusting allusion, btw, not very christian, eh?), it is the Republican controlled House of Congress and if nothing happens before the sequester kicks in, then the GOP can simply hang it's hat on the wall for the next generation: it has already completely ruined itself with every form of minority in our great country and now it is screws the middle class...